Spaces: 200-year-old antique guides design

Bonnie Ellison's grandmother’s 200-year-old antique French dresser influenced her to buy her current home. In the 30 years she has been in the home, she has filled it with a vast collection of heirlooms and antiques. You can read about her childhood surrounded by antiques in her mother’s shop, and her home at expressnews.com.

By Photos by Danny Warner / For the Express-News

on July 13, 2014 7:17 PM

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Bonnie Ellison's grandmother's thread spool cabinet provides a base for the television at left, antique rockers (also from her grandmother)and Amish chairs circle the glass-topped coffee table in the living room. less

Bonnie Ellison's grandmother's thread spool cabinet provides a base for the television at left, antique rockers (also from her grandmother)and Amish chairs circle the glass-topped coffee table in the living ... more

Yentyl the cat lounges on the dining table, made from floorboards from a shoe factory that was torn down in Kirksville, Missouri, Bonnie Ellison's hometown.

Yentyl the cat lounges on the dining table, made from floorboards from a shoe factory that was torn down in Kirksville, Missouri, Bonnie Ellison's hometown.

Photo: Danny Warner, Danny Warner / For The Express-News

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A vintage woodpecker toothpick holder from Bonnie Ellison's mother's antiques store in Kirksville, Missouri, is part of a centerpiece grouping on the dining table. The table was made from three wide plank floorboards salvaged from the shoe factory in Kirksville when it was torn down. less

A vintage woodpecker toothpick holder from Bonnie Ellison's mother's antiques store in Kirksville, Missouri, is part of a centerpiece grouping on the dining table. The table was made from three wide plank ... more